Riley said the next week, starting with Monday's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers, is crucial. Golden State, which has lost three straight, needs to start showing some results.

The fact that the Warriors have been knocking at the door in several of these games warrants some leeway. Golden State is six games under .500 and ranks 12th in the Western Conference. But in nine of the Warriors' 17 losses, they were tied, led by a point or trailed by a point with 90 seconds left.

That seems a pretty thin line between rebuilding and contending. But even though the Warriors have been "right there," and are still just 4﻿1/2 games behind the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference, Riley said wins need to come now. The pressure is on.

Sounds like he has been listening. The thing is, I bet nothing is going to happen before All Star break because of Orlando and Howard. Every team is waiting to see what happens there. After that the ball will be moving quickly. If we are way out of the race by then it will be interesting to see what we do. And if we go on a winning streak between now and then, I doubt we do anything. But that last line about 9 of 17 of the loses we were within 1 point with 90 secs to go is amazing. The fact that we haven't been able to close out games has been our Achiles heel.... oh, and the fact we need a real center.

I really don't want to see the team "blown up", because we have a lot of great pieces, but getting a Starting Center has to be first and foremost. It doesn't have to be an all star center, but someone who can hold their own and play 25+minutes.

If the Warriors don't turn things around quickly, Golden State will be forced to turn its attention away from the playoffs and to developing the young talent. That probably means more time for rookie swingman Klay Thompson and even more minutes for second-year big man Ekpe Udoh. Maybe even rookie big man Jeremy Tyler gets into the rotation.

It could also mean Riley will turn his attention to the trade deadline and potentially revamping the roster. Riley said he's not quite ready to start looking toward the future.

Riley said the next week, starting with Monday's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers, is crucial. Golden State, which has lost three straight, needs to start showing some results.

The fact that the Warriors have been knocking at the door in several of these games warrants some leeway. Golden State is six games under .500 and ranks 12th in the Western Conference. But in nine of the Warriors' 17 losses, they were tied, led by a point or trailed by a point with 90 seconds left.

That seems a pretty thin line between rebuilding and contending. But even though the Warriors have been "right there," and are still just 4﻿1/2 games behind the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference, Riley said wins need to come now. The pressure is on.

Sounds like he has been listening. The thing is, I bet nothing is going to happen before All Star break because of Orlando and Howard. Every team is waiting to see what happens there. After that the ball will be moving quickly. If we are way out of the race by then it will be interesting to see what we do. And if we go on a winning streak between now and then, I doubt we do anything. But that last line about 9 of 17 of the loses we were within 1 point with 90 secs to go is amazing. The fact that we haven't been able to close out games has been our Achiles heel.... oh, and the fact we need a real center.

I really don't want to see the team "blown up", because we have a lot of great pieces, but getting a Starting Center has to be first and foremost. It doesn't have to be an all star center, but someone who can hold their own and play 25+minutes.

The teams that improve the most are the ones that give less and gain more. In other words, get the type of steal of a trade and that's what the team has to look and hope for. Free Agency looks like the best bet this upcoming offseason and I hope the team gets a player that can help, especially a Center. Maybe Kaman could be that player

I wonder if VDN will sit Chris Paul for most of the game so he could heal properly. Bledsoe can be a good replacement in this one.

Pivotal game for the Dubs:

Many Warriors fans already have given up on this season and started looking toward building for the future. Warriors general manager Larry Riley has not reached that stage. But he's getting closer. "That'll be a decision we will make pretty soon here, probably in the next week or so," Riley said in a phone interview Sunday. "But we have a little more time to look at things." Riley said the next week, starting with Monday's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers, is crucial. Golden State, which has lost three straight, needs to start showing some results.

WTF was Paul trying to do by shooting that 3 point from almost half court with about 20 secs left for their offense? I understand that they wanted some foul on DeAndre, but I didn't see it. Have you guys seen something else?

It's not this win that makes me happy as much as the fact that Udoh looked like a true post player. He played defense, grabbed rebounds, blocked...and SCORED! If he can play like this, we might be good as it is. I would just like to see Tyler in, instead of watching Lee play center. Nothing good ever came out of it when Lee played center.

5 on 5 basketball at last.oh, and udoh should have had two more blocks on blake griffin, anyway was an amazing performance from him, totally melted griffin down, as lee did with deandre jordan, that was a nice cross-switch tactics on C/PF. game was won by our frontcourt, would you believe that?!